PS102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gustav Fechner, Experimental Psychology, Empiricism
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Description what we observe what is the behaviour. Explanation describing the cause of the behaviour. Prediction discover the trigger that caused these behaviours when do we see this behaviour. Controlling preventing this behaviour from happening again. Levels of analysis analyze from micro ! macro. The brain viewing the structure and the function of the brain. The person analyze personality of the person their thoughts and feelings. The group how the environment and people around the person affect them family, friends, culture. Psychology is in the roots of philosophy: philosophy = the study of knowledge and reality, ancient greeks (400 b. c. e) first to ask questions -> develop a theory, related the mind and body, nature vs. nurture. Francis bacon: empiricism the believe that all knowledge comes from experience cares about the mind and the body, first to formula the scientific method. John locke: empiricism born knowing nothing everything comes from experience, (tubula rasa absence of preconceived ideas i. e. clean slate)
